After nearly two decades paying his dues by writing industrial videos and TV projects, Briton Peter Morgan emerged as the “it” screenwriter of 2006, thanks to the royal successes of two critically acclaimed films, “The Queen” and “Last King of Scotland.” This celebrated storyteller gave the historical drama genre a much-needed shot in the arm with his apolitical approach to portraying public figures as real human beings involved in interesting and complex relationships – characterizations he poetically supported with both fact and fiction. Morgan was also applauded for breaking with the long
